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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
2/6/2014 9:05:04 AM
Two weeks of London auctions kicked off on Tuesday, when paintings by Picasso, Rene Magritte and Juan Gris pushed a sale at Christie's to a record for London of nearly £177 million
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Business
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Economy
1/27/2014 12:25:16 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
1/15/2014 2:56:37 PM
After a Francis Bacon triptych depicting artist Lucian Freud fetched $142 million in November 2013, becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, a portrait he painted of his lover is expected to fetch $50M at auction
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Business
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Economy
12/18/2013 4:57:22 PM
The Egyptian pound weakened at a foreign exchange auction, the central bank said.
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Books
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World
12/8/2013 11:38:03 AM
The auction Sunday in Toledo will feature a lifetime of keepsakes that belonged to Mildred Wirt Benson
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World
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International
11/18/2013 1:31:16 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
11/13/2013 11:28:13 AM
A 1969 triptych by British artist Francis Bacon set a world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
11/10/2013 4:43:24 PM
Collection of looted ancient Egyptian artefacts recovered from auction house in Jerusalem
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Business
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Economy
11/7/2013 2:49:59 PM
As Egypt sees its second consecutive drop in net foreign reserves, specialists partially attribute the cause to interest payments
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
11/5/2013 2:49:57 PM
A recent contemporary art auction in Nairobi is a sign of east Africa's growing art scene
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/30/2013 12:21:14 PM
Works by artists from Egypt, among other Arab countries, are auctioned within the large SYRI-ARTS campaign to fund support for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/26/2013 4:06:29 PM
In an effort to raise money for Syrian refugee children, more than 130 artists auction their artwork in Beirut
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/20/2013 2:08:39 PM
The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic sold at auction for $1.45 million exceeding the expectations and setting a new world record for memorabilia
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/19/2013 2:16:06 PM
Titanic violinist Wallace Hartley's violin that sank with him in 1912 goes on sale in England on Saturday and is expected to fetch a record price of over half a million US dollars
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Heritage
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Islamic
10/8/2013 7:48:09 PM
Egypt is taking all procedural measures to stop the sale of eight stolen wooden Islamic reliefs at Bonham's auction hall in London
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/7/2013 10:29:28 AM
Painting by Islam's last caliph Abdulmecid, who was also among great artists of late Ottoman period, sells for over $800,000
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World
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International
10/5/2013 3:37:23 PM
The US Amish community opt out of Obamacare and other government social programs, favouring their own health care system funded by a mix of church aid, benefit auctions and negotiated discounts with local hospitals
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Business
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Economy
10/3/2013 7:28:08 PM
International Foreign Reserves fall to $18.7 billion in September, a $200 million drop from August
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
9/27/2013 4:17:00 PM
For the second time this week, Egypt calls on Britain to halt auction of ancient Egyptian and Islamic artefacts
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
9/25/2013 6:40:50 PM
Egyptian antiquities ministry asks Israeli authorities to prevent sale of ancient artefacts on display at auction halls in Jerusalem
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